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- Bancroft PLLC
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Brafman & Associates
- Clayman Rosenberg
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Gibson Dunn
- Kevin Kerveng
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Lowenstein Sandler
- Orrick Herrington
- Park Jensen Bennett
- Pierce Bainbridge
- Rothman, Schneider, Soloway & Stern LLP
- Shapiro Arato
- Sills Cummis
- Sturman LLC
- Sullivan & Worcester
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July 27, 2017
Chinese Real Estate Magnate Guilty Of Bribing UN Officials
A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday convicted Chinese real estate moneyman Ng Lap Seng of bribing two former United Nations diplomats, finding he engaged in a massive illegal effort to grease the wheels for a luxe expo center in Macau.
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July 26, 2017
UN Bribery Trial In 'Uncharted Territory' After Juror Swap
The fate of Ng Lap Seng, the Chinese real estate moneyman accused of bribing United Nations diplomats, went to a Manhattan jury Wednesday after an unusual juror-for-alternate swap that U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick called a first in his book.
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July 25, 2017
Chinese Magnate Paid Bribes To Rise In Macau, Jury Told
Real estate boss Ng Lap Seng greased the palms of two U.N. diplomats so he could supercharge his already high-flying life into one of "unbelievable fortune and fame" atop a luxe east Asian hub for diplomacy and commerce, prosecutors told Manhattan jurors Tuesday to close a lengthy bribery trial.
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July 21, 2017
'Wife' A Job Title At Billionaire's News Co., UN Jury Hears
A billionaire Chinese real estate boss accused of bribing United Nations officials pumped millions of dollars into his New York news outfit, using it to make fat payments to hangers-on including the wife of late General Assembly President John Ashe, an accountant testified on Friday.
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July 11, 2017
Defense Targets Key Cooperator's Crimes At UN Bribery Trial
A defense attorney for a Chinese businessman accused of bribing United Nations officials laced into a government cooperator during cross-examination on Tuesday, interrogating ex-Ambassador Francis Lorenzo about using his sister and a longtime girlfriend to dodge taxes.
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July 10, 2017
UN Bribery Trial Defense Objects To Feds' 'Aggressive' Tack
Defense counsel for a Chinese billionaire accused of bribing United Nations diplomats objected to a prosecutor's questions for a former ambassador on Monday as the star witness disclosed an affair with the defendant's ex-business partner.
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July 06, 2017
Billionaire's Bribes Boosted My Pay, UN Diplomat Tells Jury
A former United Nations diplomat testified in Manhattan federal court Thursday that he augmented his roughly $72,000 official salary by taking bribes from Ng Lap Seng, a billionaire developer who dreamed of turning his Macau homeland into a hub for diplomacy and commerce via a gleaming new convention center.
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June 30, 2017
Feds Seek To Keep Poverty, Climate Out Of UN Bribery Trial
Prosecutors sought on Friday to block a Chinese businessman accused of bribing United Nations officials from painting the alleged scheme as a bid to fight climate change and other problems that affect developing countries, expressing concern the trial would veer off course.
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June 29, 2017
UN Bribery Suspect Just Rich Do-Gooder, Attys Tell Jury
Attorneys for a Chinese billionaire accused of bribing United Nations officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act portrayed him as a philanthropist taken advantage of by deceitful associates in their opening arguments at Manhattan federal court Thursday.
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June 28, 2017
Search For UN Bribery Trial Jurors Stretches Into 4th Day
A third day of jury selection in the trial of a Chinese businessman accused of bribing United Nations officials ended without a panel Wednesday as a Manhattan federal judge struggled to find people who would be able to serve for up to six weeks.